WASHINGTON, June 4 (UPI) -- Labor unions are stifling U.S. auto and aircraft manufacturing, Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee said in the party's weekly Saturday address.
In an unusual direct rebuttal to President Barack Obama's address in which he said the government's $22 billion loans to Chrysler, Ford and General Motors were a success, Alexander said Democrats' endorsement of unions was undermining the aircraft and auto workforce.